Are you interested in operating or designing sound for shows and events? Maybe you already do and want to learn more about digital techniques available to you?

In this in-depth, fun and hands-on practical workshop, local Sound Designers Katharine Horowitz and Montana Johnson will take you through all the basic knowledge you need to get going on editing and cueing sound. Whether you’re interested in designing and editing sound, or you want to learn to program QLab, you’ll find something to get you solidly on your feet.

Work with QLab 3, the industry standard for audio cueing. Advanced functions in QLab will also be covered, providing you with options for effects and other tools that used to take another piece of software or even hardware to achieve.

Understand the basic ideas of signal flow and how to troubleshoot it.

These skills are in high demand across many fields, including film & commercials, music, live performance and special events. Our instructors work all over the country, and this class will provide you with the tools that are most commonly used and sought after in the industry!

Normally a $180 cost (Instructors, space rental, materials, insurance), generous funding from the MN State Arts Board via the Clean Water Land and Legacy Amendment allows us to present this at $80. Scholarships are available- Contact Laura at techtools@bedlamtheatre.org to apply.

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Technical Tools of the Trade

We'll train you for whatever lies ahead!

Technical Tools of the Trade is a program to provide low-cost, accessible, yet high-quality instruction in technical theater and design. This is made possible by Legacy funding so that we are not compromising on the needed costs to get the proper equipment and hire the top-notch working professionals that we do.

We provide workshops for children and youth, all the way to seasoned experts looking for continuing education. We also have workshops for young professionals looking to improve their marketability and for networking opportunities in a business that is typically hard to break in to.